PRIVATES with COACH JIM McGANNON

• West Catholic 42. Notre Dame Prep 14.    Nov 29, 2025 @ Ford Field
• 8th State Championship since 2010 – ie The best football program in Michigan 
• West Catholic has been thru the Mindset training 3 X.  

1. Team and program training by appointment only. Please inquire to 616 402-1600
2. Privates are good for 1 or 2 players.  Same cost.
3. Coach McGannon founded Basics in 2006.  Over 200 graduates are playing or have played in college, 17 D-1.   Coach played 2 sports in the Ivy League at Dartmouth, basketball and golf.  His 5 years of pro golf included 2 trips to the PGA Tour Q-school, where the Basics Mindset was born.  He trained with legendary Coach Pete Carril, and his college coach Gary Walters was Carril’s protege.  Walters went on to a 20 year career at Princeton as Athletic Director.  Coach McGannon’s bio here.

Coach demonstrating via video

• Keep the ball up when shooting – advanced players only
• Defensive Positioning – a MUST HAVE skill for competition
• The Jump Hook – every post player should possess a jump hook going BOTH ways
• Free Throws – the skill that wins (and loses) more games than any other
• Ball Control
• The Step Back
• Basics Skills channel here